@potionsandpixels.bsky.social
POTIONS & PIXELS is a nonprofit organization that creates and utilizes games, art, and technology for social impact.
Ugly sweaters ✔️
Great community ✔️
Perfect way to close out 2025 ✔️
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our final Game Industry Gathering of the year. We can’t wait to see what we build together in 2026 🎮
Enjoy these legendary ugly sweaters 🎥
#GameCommunity #CharlotteNC
Great community ✔️
Perfect way to close out 2025 ✔️
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our final Game Industry Gathering of the year. We can’t wait to see what we build together in 2026 🎮
Enjoy these legendary ugly sweaters 🎥
#GameCommunity #CharlotteNC
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ugly sweaters ✔️
Great community ✔️
Perfect way to close out 2025 ✔️
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our final Game Industry Gathering of the year. We can’t wait to see what we build together in 2026 🎮
Enjoy these legendary ugly sweaters 🎥
#GameCommunity #CharlotteNC
Great community ✔️
Perfect way to close out 2025 ✔️
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our final Game Industry Gathering of the year. We can’t wait to see what we build together in 2026 🎮
Enjoy these legendary ugly sweaters 🎥
#GameCommunity #CharlotteNC
🎉 Join POTIONS & PIXELS and the Charlotte Urban Design Center (@cltgov) for GAME PLAN: A Night of City-Building Board Games! 🏙️🎲
📅 Jan 20 | ⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Charlotte Urban Design Center
1507 Camden Rd.
👉 RSVP: www.meetup.com/potions-pixe...
#boardgames #gamenight #citybuilding #CLT
📅 Jan 20 | ⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Charlotte Urban Design Center
1507 Camden Rd.
👉 RSVP: www.meetup.com/potions-pixe...
#boardgames #gamenight #citybuilding #CLT
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎉 Join POTIONS & PIXELS and the Charlotte Urban Design Center (@cltgov) for GAME PLAN: A Night of City-Building Board Games! 🏙️🎲
📅 Jan 20 | ⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Charlotte Urban Design Center
1507 Camden Rd.
👉 RSVP: www.meetup.com/potions-pixe...
#boardgames #gamenight #citybuilding #CLT
📅 Jan 20 | ⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Charlotte Urban Design Center
1507 Camden Rd.
👉 RSVP: www.meetup.com/potions-pixe...
#boardgames #gamenight #citybuilding #CLT
🎶 We’re looking back at our final 2025 Game Music Contest winner! 🎶
🎧💫 Congratulations to our 5th Place winner, Nicholas Filippides, with his beautiful track “Sunrise Serenade” for Kingdom Hearts III! 🏆✨
#VideoGameMusic #GameDev #KingdomHearts #KH3 #CharlotteNC #CLTArts
🎧💫 Congratulations to our 5th Place winner, Nicholas Filippides, with his beautiful track “Sunrise Serenade” for Kingdom Hearts III! 🏆✨
#VideoGameMusic #GameDev #KingdomHearts #KH3 #CharlotteNC #CLTArts
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🎶 We’re looking back at our final 2025 Game Music Contest winner! 🎶
🎧💫 Congratulations to our 5th Place winner, Nicholas Filippides, with his beautiful track “Sunrise Serenade” for Kingdom Hearts III! 🏆✨
#VideoGameMusic #GameDev #KingdomHearts #KH3 #CharlotteNC #CLTArts
🎧💫 Congratulations to our 5th Place winner, Nicholas Filippides, with his beautiful track “Sunrise Serenade” for Kingdom Hearts III! 🏆✨
#VideoGameMusic #GameDev #KingdomHearts #KH3 #CharlotteNC #CLTArts
Thanks to everyone in the community who came out to our final Game Industry Gathering of 2025! We had a great time in our ugly sweaters, celebrating what we accomplished together this year and looking ahead to 2026. Thank you all for making this community so special. 💙🎮🎲
#GameDev #CharlotteNC
#GameDev #CharlotteNC
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thanks to everyone in the community who came out to our final Game Industry Gathering of 2025! We had a great time in our ugly sweaters, celebrating what we accomplished together this year and looking ahead to 2026. Thank you all for making this community so special. 💙🎮🎲
#GameDev #CharlotteNC
#GameDev #CharlotteNC
🎶 Looking back at our Game Music Contest winners!
🔥 4th Place: Blacksmith Sundays
Track: “The Get Down” (NBA Street Vol. 2)
He nailed the vibe of classic street hoops. Give it up! 🏆✨🎧
#GameMusicContest #POTIONSANDPIXELS #VideoGameMusic #NBAStreetVol2 #CharlotteNC
🔥 4th Place: Blacksmith Sundays
Track: “The Get Down” (NBA Street Vol. 2)
He nailed the vibe of classic street hoops. Give it up! 🏆✨🎧
#GameMusicContest #POTIONSANDPIXELS #VideoGameMusic #NBAStreetVol2 #CharlotteNC
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🎶 Looking back at our Game Music Contest winners!
🔥 4th Place: Blacksmith Sundays
Track: “The Get Down” (NBA Street Vol. 2)
He nailed the vibe of classic street hoops. Give it up! 🏆✨🎧
#GameMusicContest #POTIONSANDPIXELS #VideoGameMusic #NBAStreetVol2 #CharlotteNC
🔥 4th Place: Blacksmith Sundays
Track: “The Get Down” (NBA Street Vol. 2)
He nailed the vibe of classic street hoops. Give it up! 🏆✨🎧
#GameMusicContest #POTIONSANDPIXELS #VideoGameMusic #NBAStreetVol2 #CharlotteNC
Looking back at our 2025 Game Music Contest winners! 🎶✨
Congrats to EM HENDRIX, who earned 3rd Place with her electrifying Tekken 3 track “Bryan Fury.” ⚡🥉🎮
She brought so much energy, love, & creativity into this song! 🔊🔥
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #Tekken3
Congrats to EM HENDRIX, who earned 3rd Place with her electrifying Tekken 3 track “Bryan Fury.” ⚡🥉🎮
She brought so much energy, love, & creativity into this song! 🔊🔥
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #Tekken3
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Looking back at our 2025 Game Music Contest winners! 🎶✨
Congrats to EM HENDRIX, who earned 3rd Place with her electrifying Tekken 3 track “Bryan Fury.” ⚡🥉🎮
She brought so much energy, love, & creativity into this song! 🔊🔥
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #Tekken3
Congrats to EM HENDRIX, who earned 3rd Place with her electrifying Tekken 3 track “Bryan Fury.” ⚡🥉🎮
She brought so much energy, love, & creativity into this song! 🔊🔥
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #Tekken3
Get those ugly sweaters ready! It’s our final Game Industry Gathering of 2025! ❄️🕹️
Games, drinks, & great people!
📅 Dec 10
⏰ 6–10 PM
📍 Divine Barrel Brewing
We can’t wait to see your sweaters!
#POTIONSANDPIXELS #CLTGaming #CharlotteNC #GameDev #IndieDev #UglySweaterParty
Games, drinks, & great people!
📅 Dec 10
⏰ 6–10 PM
📍 Divine Barrel Brewing
We can’t wait to see your sweaters!
#POTIONSANDPIXELS #CLTGaming #CharlotteNC #GameDev #IndieDev #UglySweaterParty
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Get those ugly sweaters ready! It’s our final Game Industry Gathering of 2025! ❄️🕹️
Games, drinks, & great people!
📅 Dec 10
⏰ 6–10 PM
📍 Divine Barrel Brewing
We can’t wait to see your sweaters!
#POTIONSANDPIXELS #CLTGaming #CharlotteNC #GameDev #IndieDev #UglySweaterParty
Games, drinks, & great people!
📅 Dec 10
⏰ 6–10 PM
📍 Divine Barrel Brewing
We can’t wait to see your sweaters!
#POTIONSANDPIXELS #CLTGaming #CharlotteNC #GameDev #IndieDev #UglySweaterParty
Exciting news!
We received a Creative Growth Grant from @cltgov that will help us build more ArtCade units for the community through our new ArtCade Creators Program, where local artists learn carpentry and electrical skills while creating interactive public art.
#CLTArts
We received a Creative Growth Grant from @cltgov that will help us build more ArtCade units for the community through our new ArtCade Creators Program, where local artists learn carpentry and electrical skills while creating interactive public art.
#CLTArts
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Exciting news!
We received a Creative Growth Grant from @cltgov that will help us build more ArtCade units for the community through our new ArtCade Creators Program, where local artists learn carpentry and electrical skills while creating interactive public art.
#CLTArts
We received a Creative Growth Grant from @cltgov that will help us build more ArtCade units for the community through our new ArtCade Creators Program, where local artists learn carpentry and electrical skills while creating interactive public art.
#CLTArts
Get your ugly sweater ready for the next Game Industry Gathering!
Whether you work in games, want to break in, or just love play, this event is for you.
Bring a prototype if you’ve got one!
🗓️ Dec 10 • 6–10 PM
📍 @DivineBarrelCLT
Come connect, play, and be inspired! ❄️🕹️🎉
Whether you work in games, want to break in, or just love play, this event is for you.
Bring a prototype if you’ve got one!
🗓️ Dec 10 • 6–10 PM
📍 @DivineBarrelCLT
Come connect, play, and be inspired! ❄️🕹️🎉
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Get your ugly sweater ready for the next Game Industry Gathering!
Whether you work in games, want to break in, or just love play, this event is for you.
Bring a prototype if you’ve got one!
🗓️ Dec 10 • 6–10 PM
📍 @DivineBarrelCLT
Come connect, play, and be inspired! ❄️🕹️🎉
Whether you work in games, want to break in, or just love play, this event is for you.
Bring a prototype if you’ve got one!
🗓️ Dec 10 • 6–10 PM
📍 @DivineBarrelCLT
Come connect, play, and be inspired! ❄️🕹️🎉
Huge gratitude to everyone in the indie arcade community we connected with in Orlando during #IAAPA & Free Play Florida!
Amazing creators doing ambitious, creative work, and showing real warmth & hospitality. The future of the indie arcade scene is bright.
#indie #arcade #videogames
Amazing creators doing ambitious, creative work, and showing real warmth & hospitality. The future of the indie arcade scene is bright.
#indie #arcade #videogames
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Huge gratitude to everyone in the indie arcade community we connected with in Orlando during #IAAPA & Free Play Florida!
Amazing creators doing ambitious, creative work, and showing real warmth & hospitality. The future of the indie arcade scene is bright.
#indie #arcade #videogames
Amazing creators doing ambitious, creative work, and showing real warmth & hospitality. The future of the indie arcade scene is bright.
#indie #arcade #videogames
🎮 GAME INDUSTRY GATHERING — TONIGHT!
Join us for games, drinks, & networking with amazing creators.
📅 6–10PM
Divine Barrel Brewing (@DivineBarrelCLT)
3701 N Davidson St #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
Come connect, play, & be inspired!
#IndieDev #GameDev #CharlotteNC
Join us for games, drinks, & networking with amazing creators.
📅 6–10PM
Divine Barrel Brewing (@DivineBarrelCLT)
3701 N Davidson St #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
Come connect, play, & be inspired!
#IndieDev #GameDev #CharlotteNC
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🎮 GAME INDUSTRY GATHERING — TONIGHT!
Join us for games, drinks, & networking with amazing creators.
📅 6–10PM
Divine Barrel Brewing (@DivineBarrelCLT)
3701 N Davidson St #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
Come connect, play, & be inspired!
#IndieDev #GameDev #CharlotteNC
Join us for games, drinks, & networking with amazing creators.
📅 6–10PM
Divine Barrel Brewing (@DivineBarrelCLT)
3701 N Davidson St #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
Come connect, play, & be inspired!
#IndieDev #GameDev #CharlotteNC
Huge shoutout to Abari owner, Zach Pulliam, for donating these amazing classic consoles to our #ArtCade program!
Do you have any consoles or games you’d like to donate? DM us! 💬
#CharlotteNC #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Nonprofit #GamePreservation #SupportLocal #ArcadeCulture
Do you have any consoles or games you’d like to donate? DM us! 💬
#CharlotteNC #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Nonprofit #GamePreservation #SupportLocal #ArcadeCulture
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Huge shoutout to Abari owner, Zach Pulliam, for donating these amazing classic consoles to our #ArtCade program!
Do you have any consoles or games you’d like to donate? DM us! 💬
#CharlotteNC #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Nonprofit #GamePreservation #SupportLocal #ArcadeCulture
Do you have any consoles or games you’d like to donate? DM us! 💬
#CharlotteNC #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Nonprofit #GamePreservation #SupportLocal #ArcadeCulture
Thank you @Microsoft + Chris Allen for supporting POTIONS & PIXELS with two charity poker tournaments! 🎉
You’re helping us expand ArtCade into a workforce development program right here in Charlotte! 🕹️✨
#Microsoft #WorkforceDevelopment #CLT #TechForGood #GamingForGood
You’re helping us expand ArtCade into a workforce development program right here in Charlotte! 🕹️✨
#Microsoft #WorkforceDevelopment #CLT #TechForGood #GamingForGood
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you @Microsoft + Chris Allen for supporting POTIONS & PIXELS with two charity poker tournaments! 🎉
You’re helping us expand ArtCade into a workforce development program right here in Charlotte! 🕹️✨
#Microsoft #WorkforceDevelopment #CLT #TechForGood #GamingForGood
You’re helping us expand ArtCade into a workforce development program right here in Charlotte! 🕹️✨
#Microsoft #WorkforceDevelopment #CLT #TechForGood #GamingForGood
🎲 Huge thanks to @alec_t_t for donating these awesome games to POTIONS & PIXELS! 🙌
Your support helps us grow our community game library and bring people together through play, creativity, & connection. 💜
#BoardGames #CharlotteNC #CommunityGaming #GameDonation #PlayTogether
Your support helps us grow our community game library and bring people together through play, creativity, & connection. 💜
#BoardGames #CharlotteNC #CommunityGaming #GameDonation #PlayTogether
October 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🎲 Huge thanks to @alec_t_t for donating these awesome games to POTIONS & PIXELS! 🙌
Your support helps us grow our community game library and bring people together through play, creativity, & connection. 💜
#BoardGames #CharlotteNC #CommunityGaming #GameDonation #PlayTogether
Your support helps us grow our community game library and bring people together through play, creativity, & connection. 💜
#BoardGames #CharlotteNC #CommunityGaming #GameDonation #PlayTogether
Connect with Charlotte’s game industry & enthusiasts TONIGHT at @DivineBarrelCLT!
#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity
#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Connect with Charlotte’s game industry & enthusiasts TONIGHT at @DivineBarrelCLT!
#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity
#CLTEvents #CharlotteNC #CLTGaming #CreativeCLT #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #GameIndustry #PotionsAndPixels #GamingCommunity
Reposted
This weekend will be the first playtest of the trpg my Partner in Crimes and I have been working on: "Stories from a Theme Park After the Apocalypse." It's a mapmaking and storytelling game in which you build a park and describe how a community came to settle it.
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This weekend will be the first playtest of the trpg my Partner in Crimes and I have been working on: "Stories from a Theme Park After the Apocalypse." It's a mapmaking and storytelling game in which you build a park and describe how a community came to settle it.
🎶 What’s the first thing you see when you walk into Confluence? These two stunning ArtCades by Dylan Bannister & John Hairston Jr. 🎨✨
We’re excited to bring the POTIONS & PIXELS ArtCade experience to Charlotte’s music industry conference! 🎮💜
We’re excited to bring the POTIONS & PIXELS ArtCade experience to Charlotte’s music industry conference! 🎮💜
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎶 What’s the first thing you see when you walk into Confluence? These two stunning ArtCades by Dylan Bannister & John Hairston Jr. 🎨✨
We’re excited to bring the POTIONS & PIXELS ArtCade experience to Charlotte’s music industry conference! 🎮💜
We’re excited to bring the POTIONS & PIXELS ArtCade experience to Charlotte’s music industry conference! 🎮💜
🎮✨ Join us TONIGHT for PLAYTEST, a welcoming space where creators can showcase and playtest their projects—whether it's a prototype, work-in-progress, or just an idea.
📅 October 8th | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
📅 October 8th | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎮✨ Join us TONIGHT for PLAYTEST, a welcoming space where creators can showcase and playtest their projects—whether it's a prototype, work-in-progress, or just an idea.
📅 October 8th | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
📅 October 8th | 6–10 PM
📍 @divinebarrelclt
3701 N. Davidson St. – Suite #203, Charlotte, NC 28205
🥈 Let’s hear from @bryguess, who leapt into 2nd place in the Game Music Contest with Puddle Jumping! 🌧️🐸✨
Inspired by #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons, this cozy creation hits all the right notes. 🎶🎮💜
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #MusicComposition #Charlotte #GameDesign
Inspired by #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons, this cozy creation hits all the right notes. 🎶🎮💜
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #MusicComposition #Charlotte #GameDesign
October 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🥈 Let’s hear from @bryguess, who leapt into 2nd place in the Game Music Contest with Puddle Jumping! 🌧️🐸✨
Inspired by #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons, this cozy creation hits all the right notes. 🎶🎮💜
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #MusicComposition #Charlotte #GameDesign
Inspired by #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons, this cozy creation hits all the right notes. 🎶🎮💜
#VGM #VideoGameMusic #GameDev #MusicComposition #Charlotte #GameDesign
Big congrats to @athenaclt!🎉
In addition to receiving our Game Organization Grant, the #AthenaAllianceCLT was also awarded a Tournament Organizer Grant. 🎮🏆
We’re proud to support their work uplifting #WomenInGaming.💜
#Charlotte #EsportsCommunity #Streamer #PotionsAndPixels
In addition to receiving our Game Organization Grant, the #AthenaAllianceCLT was also awarded a Tournament Organizer Grant. 🎮🏆
We’re proud to support their work uplifting #WomenInGaming.💜
#Charlotte #EsportsCommunity #Streamer #PotionsAndPixels
September 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Big congrats to @athenaclt!🎉
In addition to receiving our Game Organization Grant, the #AthenaAllianceCLT was also awarded a Tournament Organizer Grant. 🎮🏆
We’re proud to support their work uplifting #WomenInGaming.💜
#Charlotte #EsportsCommunity #Streamer #PotionsAndPixels
In addition to receiving our Game Organization Grant, the #AthenaAllianceCLT was also awarded a Tournament Organizer Grant. 🎮🏆
We’re proud to support their work uplifting #WomenInGaming.💜
#Charlotte #EsportsCommunity #Streamer #PotionsAndPixels
They took a video game & turned it into a board game… and won it all. 🏆✨
Meet Michael DePrey & Kyle McGee, creators of Monster Hunter Blitz, our Screen to Table champions! 🎮🎲💜
#BoardGames #IndieGameDev #PotionsAndPixels #TabletopGames #GameDesign #Charlotte #MonsterHunter
Meet Michael DePrey & Kyle McGee, creators of Monster Hunter Blitz, our Screen to Table champions! 🎮🎲💜
#BoardGames #IndieGameDev #PotionsAndPixels #TabletopGames #GameDesign #Charlotte #MonsterHunter
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
They took a video game & turned it into a board game… and won it all. 🏆✨
Meet Michael DePrey & Kyle McGee, creators of Monster Hunter Blitz, our Screen to Table champions! 🎮🎲💜
#BoardGames #IndieGameDev #PotionsAndPixels #TabletopGames #GameDesign #Charlotte #MonsterHunter
Meet Michael DePrey & Kyle McGee, creators of Monster Hunter Blitz, our Screen to Table champions! 🎮🎲💜
#BoardGames #IndieGameDev #PotionsAndPixels #TabletopGames #GameDesign #Charlotte #MonsterHunter
🎶🏆 1st Place Spotlight! 🏆🎶
Meet Connor McElroy (@connorbars98), the champion of the POTIONS & PIXELS Game Music Contest! 💜
🔥 Track: Ghost
🎮 Inspired by: ABZÛ
#GameMusic #IndieDev #VideoGameMusic #ABZU #Soundtrack #PotionsAndPixels #GameMusicContest #IndieComposer
Meet Connor McElroy (@connorbars98), the champion of the POTIONS & PIXELS Game Music Contest! 💜
🔥 Track: Ghost
🎮 Inspired by: ABZÛ
#GameMusic #IndieDev #VideoGameMusic #ABZU #Soundtrack #PotionsAndPixels #GameMusicContest #IndieComposer
September 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🎶🏆 1st Place Spotlight! 🏆🎶
Meet Connor McElroy (@connorbars98), the champion of the POTIONS & PIXELS Game Music Contest! 💜
🔥 Track: Ghost
🎮 Inspired by: ABZÛ
#GameMusic #IndieDev #VideoGameMusic #ABZU #Soundtrack #PotionsAndPixels #GameMusicContest #IndieComposer
Meet Connor McElroy (@connorbars98), the champion of the POTIONS & PIXELS Game Music Contest! 💜
🔥 Track: Ghost
🎮 Inspired by: ABZÛ
#GameMusic #IndieDev #VideoGameMusic #ABZU #Soundtrack #PotionsAndPixels #GameMusicContest #IndieComposer
I was so focused on getting this take right I forgot to smile 😅
A HUGE thank you to every artist who submitted to our ArtCade Artist Call! 💜
This project was once just a dream. Seeing so many of you want to be part of it is truly moving.✨
— @michaelzytkow.bsky.social
A HUGE thank you to every artist who submitted to our ArtCade Artist Call! 💜
This project was once just a dream. Seeing so many of you want to be part of it is truly moving.✨
— @michaelzytkow.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I was so focused on getting this take right I forgot to smile 😅
A HUGE thank you to every artist who submitted to our ArtCade Artist Call! 💜
This project was once just a dream. Seeing so many of you want to be part of it is truly moving.✨
— @michaelzytkow.bsky.social
A HUGE thank you to every artist who submitted to our ArtCade Artist Call! 💜
This project was once just a dream. Seeing so many of you want to be part of it is truly moving.✨
— @michaelzytkow.bsky.social